Sewage sludge drying by energy recovery from OFMSW composting: Preliminary feasibility evaluation

Waste Management

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 859-866

  Rada, Elena Cristina ^a   Ragazzi, Marco ^a   Villotti, Stefano ^a   Torretta, Vincenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composting; Drying of sewage sludge; Energy recovery; Greenhouse; Heat recovery

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; DRYING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GREENHOUSES; RECOVERY; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOLAR ENERGY; WASTE HEAT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

BIOCHEMICAL PROCESS; ENERGY RECOVERY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FULL-SCALE APPLICATIONS; GREEN WASTE COLLECTIONS; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS; SEWAGE SLUDGE DRYING;

WASTE TREATMENT;

COMPOSTING; ENERGY USE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GREENHOUSE GAS; OPTIMIZATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPOSTING; ENERGY RECOVERY; GREENHOUSE; HEAT EXCHANGE; ORGANIC WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE DRYING; CHEMISTRY; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION STUDY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE;

SEWAGE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DESICCATION; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84898013352     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.02.013     Document Type: Article

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